#58 - Holidays are approaching

For two consecutive weeks, Moon had been traveling back and forth between Hogwarts and the Celyn Cabin.

During this period, the speed at which he cast spells had progressed from Zalan being able to shoot three rounds of arrows to only being able to shoot one.

However, the result was still the same, because Zalan's arrows could penetrate half a meter of tree trunk.

If it were a real battle, Moon would definitely have three more holes in his body.

In addition to the speed of casting spells, the duration of his spell effects was also constantly increasing.

In the process of practicing spells again and again, Moon found that his magic power was growing faster.

After multiple personal experiences, Moon felt that the growth rate of the wizard bar should be related to his practice method of casting spells with all his strength each time until he exhausted all his energy.

"Could it be that practicing with all my strength each time is the key to improving magic power?"

Moon used to think that as long as he practiced spells more, he could become proficient, and thus achieve the desired magical effect.

Now it seems that it is not that simple.

Every time a spell is cast to its limit, the body and spirit feel drained.

This painful state made Moon feel a little scared every time he recalled it.

However, seeing that the wizard bar above his head had reached three-quarters, this gave Moon's painful heart a little comfort.

......

Once again returning to Hogwarts, away from Zalan's devil training, Moon was secretly happy in his heart.

However, this week, he was not the only one who was happy.

Because of the approaching holiday, every little wizard's face was filled with smiles.

Especially at the dining table on Monday morning, most of the students received small toys sent by owls while dining in the restaurant.

Skeleton pendants, bat masks, pumpkin lantern toys......

These were all gifts sent by elders at home to allow the little wizards to dress themselves up for Halloween.

Seamus received a skeleton figure sent by his father, Neville received a bat toy made by his Uncle Algie, and Ron received a pumpkin lantern-style hat knitted by his mother.

Harry and Moon had nothing, and both were focused on eating breakfast.

"When is Halloween?"

Seeing Hermione also receive a pumpkin lantern-style pencil case, Moon suddenly remembered something.

He seemed to have promised Hagrid to help him carve pumpkin lanterns.

"This Thursday."

Hermione transferred all the stationery to the new pencil case and casually responded.

"Oh, luckily there's still time."

Moon had been practicing spells for the past two weeks, and almost forgot that he had promised Hagrid something.

"How is your Petrification Charm practice going?"

After transferring the stationery, Hermione looked up at Moon.

"I can maintain it for a minute now, how about you?"

Moon took a sip of porridge, suppressing the truth in his heart.

Yesterday, when he cast the Petrification Charm on a red squirrel, he was able to maintain it for thirty minutes.

However, this was the effect achieved with the blessing of the Great Willow Wand.

If he used his current wand, he could only maintain it for about five minutes.

But saying this length of time would definitely be questioned.

Hermione, as the best student in this year, had only been able to maintain it for a minute after practicing the Petrification Charm for three weeks.

Thinking of this, Moon thought it was best to say it a little shorter.

"Oh, really, my petrification effect is already three minutes."

Looking at Hermione raising her chin proudly, Moon nodded to affirm.

"Truly worthy of being Professor Hermione."

"Of course."

Hermione can now fully accept the little jokes that Moon makes.

Looking at Hermione's wizard bar being as long as his, Moon knew that spell level sometimes does not represent a wizard's true strength.

After three weeks of special training, Moon's casting speed is now very fast.

If he really encountered Hermione on the battlefield, then he would be in Zalan's current position.

Seeing Moon looking a little dazed, Hermione wiped her mouth and said.

"I don't know why you have to learn the Petrification Charm, but I think learning Severing Charms would definitely be more suitable for you."

Hermione came to this conclusion because of the [Severing Charm] experience two weeks ago.

Moon's performance at that time left a deep impression on her.

At that time, Moon had only heard Ron say it once and learned the Severing Charm.

"That's right, I think so too."

Harry also finished breakfast at this time and joined the conversation.

Seeing that both of them were curious as to why he didn't learn Severing Charms, Moon could only helplessly explain.

"Actually, I don't know what other Severing Charms there are."

What Moon said was very true. Since coming to Hogwarts to study, he has been very busy every day.

Making wands, previewing textbooks, learning magical languages, learning herbal plants......

These things have already taken up all of his time, and there is no time to look for other spell extracurricular books.

Hermione seemed to have known that Moon would say this. She looked around and saw that everyone was busy discussing Halloween in a few days, so she leaned in closer and whispered about what happened last week.

"Actually, I flipped through the third-year spell textbook last week and found a spell that is very suitable for you."

"Third year! Are you sure?"

Moon's idea is still to read more basic magic knowledge extracurricular books when he has time, but Hermione has already skipped two grades.

This made him faintly feel like he couldn't catch up no matter what.

"Of course, I found that the spells they are learning are already very powerful, and it is required that a professor must be present when casting the spells."

Hermione was still talking non-stop, completely unaware of Moon's expression.

"For example, I found a [Diffindo] spell, which is a type of Severing Charm."

"Then can I take a look at this book?"

Knowing that there are more advanced spells to learn, Moon couldn't help but yearn for it.

"Uh, it may not be possible now, the book I found was taken away by Professor Flitwick."

Many times Moon wants to know more things, such as Hogwarts' magical knowledge, the Celyn's mysterious Magician Association......

But now he finds that sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing.

Especially when you know it but can't get it.

After Hermione finished talking about the [Diffindo] spell, Moon wanted to ask the seniors for advice.

But none of the third-year students dared to agree, not even the Weasley twins, who paid the least attention to school discipline, agreed to Moon's request.

"No way, if we give this to you, Mum will definitely send a Howler."

"Although we are not afraid, this is beyond your magical scope."

Even the twins refused, which made Moon temporarily give up the idea of learning this spell.

Since he couldn't get it, Moon planned to practice the spells he already had first.

On Monday afternoon, after Herbology class, Moon took Bumper to Hagrid's residence.

Before they even got there, they saw Hagrid picking pumpkins in the vegetable garden from afar, and then putting them into baskets one by one.

These pumpkins have now all turned from green to golden yellow, and each one is frighteningly large.

Moon looked down at the carving knife in his hand that was only the size of his palm, and then looked at the large pumpkin that Hagrid could only hug with both arms.

This gave him the illusion of fighting a fire dragon with a toothpick.

But this is not the most important thing. Moon is curious about how the pumpkins grew.

He hasn't been to the edge of the Forbidden Forest for only two weeks. Could it be that Hagrid fed the pumpkins growth potion?